Gregg Williams: Damarious Randall was 'not a healthy scratch'

Browns safety Damarious Randall was a surprise inactive for Sunday’s loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. Randall has been battling a heel injury for several weeks and was listed as questionable, but that has been the case before and the valuable DB played.

New Browns coach Gregg Williams opted to rest Randall in order to get him more healthy and effective for the rest of the season. He bristled at reports that the safety was a healthy scratch.

“Not a healthy scratch, no,” Williams bluntly stated in his postgame press conference. “It was my call because I wanted to get him healthy. He has been battling. He has been battling. He has been battling, and I just wanted to get him fully ready to roll.”

When asked a follow-up about if Randall tried to convince him to play, Williams offered this deflection,

“That is always between me and him. I like the player. I do.”

The Browns have one more game before the Week 11 bye.

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